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Meaning of "smarmily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SMARMILY

smarmily  [ˈsmɑːmɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMARMILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smarmily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SMARMILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of smarmily in the English dictionary

The definition of smarmily in the dictionary is in an unpleasantly polite and flattering manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMARMILY


balmily
ˈbɑːmɪlɪ
beamily
ˈbiːmɪlɪ
creamily
ˈkriːmɪlɪ
doomily
ˈduːmɪlɪ
dreamily
ˈdriːmɪlɪ
facsimile
fækˈsɪmɪlɪ
family
ˈfæmɪlɪ
gloomily
ˈɡluːmɪlɪ
homily
ˈhɒmɪlɪ
millie
ˈmɪlɪ
multifamily
ˌmʌltɪˈfæmɪlɪ
nonfamily
ˌnɒnˈfæmɪlɪ
roomily
ˈruːmɪlɪ
simile
ˈsɪmɪlɪ
smalmily
ˈsmɑːmɪlɪ
steamily
ˈstiːmɪlɪ
stormily
ˈstɔːmɪlɪ
subfamily
ˈsʌbˌfæmɪlɪ
superfamily
ˈsuːpəˌfæmɪlɪ
vermily
ˈvɜːmɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMARMILY

smaragd
smaragdine
smaragdite
smarm
smarmier
smarmiest
smarminess
smarmy
smart
smart alec
smart aleck
smart arse
smart ass
smart bomb
smart card
smart cart
smart drug
smart dust
smart money
smart sanction

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMARMILY

clammily
county family
extended family
filmily
first family
foamily
gamily
gemmily
hammily
happy family
Holy Family
host family
interfamily
lone-parent family
nuclear family
one-parent family
royal family
rummily
single-parent family
the Holy Family

Synonyms and antonyms of smarmily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «smarmily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMARMILY

Find out the translation of smarmily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of smarmily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smarmily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

smarmily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

smarmily
570 millions of speakers

English

smarmily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

smarmily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

smarmily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

smarmily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

smarmily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

smarmily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

smarmily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

smarmily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

smarmily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

smarmily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Smarmily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

smarmily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

smarmily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुजलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

smarmily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smarmily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

smarmily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

smarmily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

smarmily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

smarmily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

smarmily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smarmily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smarmily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smarmily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMARMILY»

The term «smarmily» is normally little used and occupies the 134.570 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMARMILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «smarmily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «smarmily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about smarmily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMARMILY»

Discover the use of smarmily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smarmily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sentences, Paragraphs, and Beyond: With Integrated Readings
They start out on the news and then get recycled in the crime dramas and “ special investigations” and eventually the anniversary shows (smarmily marketed as “'tributes”), to the point where the story becomes indelible. Then, when we ask  ...
Lee Brandon, Kelly Brandon, 2013
2
Not Just a Witch
Heckie is not just a witch–she's a witch who means to make the world a better place.
Eva Ibbotson, 2001
3
Lovelace and Button (International Investigators) Inc.
"As a result of precipitous action by the police," Goldsmith continued smarmily, " and before they had established the full facts of this case, my client had been arrested and incarcerated in a penal establishment where he was seriously ...
James Hawkins, 2004
4
December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World
One London bureaucrat smarmily said that the British government was fighting both the Nazis and“Zionism.”1 Newspaper stories and editorials on the situation in the Pacific waned somewhat, as their attention was diverted to the Russian ...
Craig Shirley, 2011
5
Tilting at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings, and the ...
He had traveled down the river in a canoe under a wide blue sky and seen emerald hummingbirds, bare-throated tiger herons, and the tracks of a tapir, and had been smarmily attacked by the pro-landfill forces in the local paper. It was all very ...
Lis Harris, 2003
6
White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters
“The president detested anything that smacked of the florid or the smarmily insincere,” speechwriter Mark Davis recalled. Bush specifically said that he did not like the way Lyndon Johnson had used “my fellow Americans.” Bush told them a ...
Robert Schlesinger, 2008
7
At the Barriers: On the Poetry of Thom Gunn
In this poem, he brings to bear his own poetic personality on Duncan's and asks us to consider them side by side, in a way that is neither churlish nor self-serving nor falsely modest nor smarmily worshipful. It is a very difficult thing to pull off, ...
Joshua Weiner, 2009
8
The Metarevolution
As long as humanity remains as unstimulated and as smarmily frightened of deep critical thinking as it has been en masse, we will remain servants of whatever's wrong in the themes and undercurrents of our history. Be decisive and certain ...
Grant Bartley, 2009
9
Close-Up
The way he's widened the battlefield to include my parents, and sat smarmily in their house convincing them of his good intentions, is unforgivable. I only dropped in to see my parents for a cup of coffee, catch up a bit and then get back to work.
Esther Verhoef, 2010
10
The Desert King's Bejewelled Bride (Mills & Boon Modern)
He grinned smarmily all over his face and for the second time that day, and more vehemently than before, Tamara was overcome with the urge to slap him. So Kaliq had gone through Henry to get to her. This wasn't—oh, God, this was the ...
Sabrina Philips, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMARMILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smarmily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Baez lifts Braves over Cards
Perhaps a legendary Jeopardy! competitor such as Ken Jennings, Julia Collins or Brad Rutter would be able to ring in and smarmily – and correctly – inform ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
2
'Paper Towns' Review: John Green Coming-of-Age Road Comedy …
Even if the smarmily sanctified and beautifully doomed male lead of “Fault” made you want to run screaming from the theater, you may find yourself on board ... «TheWrap, Jul 15»
3
Good grief: Rachel Dolezal has been on about racist currency for a …
... dreadlocks (rather than the Angela-Davis dynamite blowout she presently parodies) while she smarmily sips white wine and rambles on “about something we ... «American Thinker, Jun 15»
4
In "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken", Game of Thrones mocks the …
This Caligula-esque storytelling motif is disappointing not just for its redundancy (Ramsay Bolton being smarmily evil is Thrones' weakest note) but because the ... «Boing Boing, May 15»
5
Tom Brady cheated his way to a Super Bowl
You still want that apology, Robert Kraft? The one you've been smarmily waiting for since February, acting high and mighty in your two-toned shirts, certain that ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
6
Professor Tribe's Transgression
Columbia law professor Tim Wu smarmily insinuates on the New Yorker's website today that if colleagues like Harvard's Laurence Tribe are going to speak on ... «City Journal, May 15»
7
Ad of the Day: Microsoft Urges Girls to Stick With Science on …
... the importance of the overall message makes it a little frustrating that it includes details like a smarmily named email address recruiting2027@microsoft.com ... «Adweek, Mar 15»
8
Native English-speaking teachers know what sounds right
"Thank you for your question," an insincere politician might coo to a television interviewer, all the while smiling smarmily to the camera in an effort to connect to ... «South China Morning Post, Jan 15»
9
Elisabeth Moss on the End of 'Mad Men': 'The Weirdness Comes in …
... terminal misanthrope, and a crap boyfriend. The eponymous anti-hero of the new indie film Listen Up Philip, played by a smarmily perfect Jason Schwartzman, ... «Elle, Oct 14»
10
8 Feelings All People In Relationships Have About Their Single …
We're definitely in a more comfortably smarmy place than before, and we want only the best things for our friends, i.e., being as comfortably and smarmily in love ... «Bustle, Oct 14»

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